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Truck Stop Caters To Growing Number Of Immigrant Drivers

Co-owners Vamsi Yaramaka (left) and Raj Alturu stand inside Eat Spice on Oct. 24, in the truck stop on Route 534 off I-80 in White Haven, Pa. The restaurant caters to members of the Sikh community. For them, Indian and Mediterranean dishes can be hard to find on the road. Matt Smith hide caption

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Truck Stop Caters To Growing Number Of Immigrant Drivers

The number of long-haul truckers in the U.S. has reached an all-time high, and many are immigrants. Some truck stops are adapting to provide drivers a taste of home while on the road.

National Security

Evaluating The Evidence Of 'Imminent Attacks'

by Greg Myre

Evaluating The Evidence Of 'Imminent Attacks'

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World

Wildfires Continue In Australia

by Jason Beaubien

Wildfires Continue In Australia

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Politics

Virginia Poised To Ratify Equal Rights Amendment

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Virginia Poised To Ratify Equal Rights Amendment

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Take My Soul Thievery Corporation

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Light Flares Thievery Corporation

National Security

David Petraeus On Soleimani

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National

Monsey's Jewish Community On Edge

by Brian Mann

Monsey's Jewish Community On Edge

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Threatened Hawaiian Bird Strives To Make Comeback

A Newell's shearwater nests in mountain burrows on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. André Raine/Kauai Endangered Seabird Recovery Project hide caption

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Environment

Threatened Hawaiian Bird Strives To Make Comeback

by Gloria Hillard

Threatened Hawaiian Bird Strives To Make Comeback

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Resin David Pritchard

How Do You Move 100+ Monet Masterpieces? Very, Very Carefully

Conservator Felicitas Klein, right, traveled from Germany with Villas at Bordighera, an 1884 painting by Claude Monet. She inspects the painting at the Denver Art Museum, along with senior paintings conservator Pamela Skiles. Kendelyn Ouellette hide caption

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Fine Art

How Do You Move 100+ Monet Masterpieces? Very, Very Carefully

by Stephanie Wolf

How Do You Move 100+ Monet Masterpieces? Very, Very Carefully

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Veridis Quo Daft Punk

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Happy Belated Paper Holland

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Sunday Puzzle

Sunday Puzzle: Supermarket Wordplay

by Will Shortz

Sunday Puzzle: Supermarket Wordplay

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Pop Culture

Golden Globes Preview

by Linda Holmes

Golden Globes Preview

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Author Interviews

Miranda Popkey On 'Topics Of Conversation'

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Soft Place To Land Kathleen Edwards

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Goodnight, California Kathleen Edwards

Middle East

The View From Baghdad

by Jane Arraf

The View From Baghdad

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Politics

Sunday Politics: Soleimani Fallout

by Mara Liasson

Sunday Politics: Soleimani Fallout

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Law

More Than 200 Members Of Congress Ask Supreme Court To Reconsider Roe V. Wade

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Ten Bridges Laura Veirs

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Dorothy of the Island Laura Veirs

Politics

Joaquin Castro On Iran

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Asia

Activists Pushing Back Over Air Pollution In Pakistan

by Diaa Hadid

Activists Pushing Back Over Air Pollution In Pakistan

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Animals

The Australian Wildfires' Devastating Impact On Wildlife

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Petrichor Paul Kelly

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Truck Stop Caters To Growing Number Of Immigrant Drivers

by Laura Benshoff

Truck Stop Caters To Growing Number Of Immigrant Drivers

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United Provinces of India Cornershop & Bubbley Kaur

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Sweet Pacifika

Education

When Applying For College Is Especially Difficult

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Arts & Life

Rachel Syme On 'Perfume Genie'

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Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie performs at the Boston Globe Jazz and Blues Festival on Jan. 15, 1966. Bob Daugherty/AP hide caption

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Music

How To Like Jazz, For The Uninitiated

by Tom Cole

How To Like Jazz, For The Uninitiated

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On the Sunny Side of the Street Sonny Rollins, Dizzy Gillespie et. al.

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Three to Get Ready The Dave Brubeck Quartet

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